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The Cry of a Stone

Published: 1642
Length: 32,081 words
Reading: ~2 hours
Divisions: 37

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The cry of a stone, or, a treatise; shewing what is the right matter, forme, and government of the visible church of Christ. How, and wherein the present Church of England is wanting and defective, both in the body of the land, and in the parochiall branches thereof, with divers reasons and grounds taken from the Scriptures, to perswade all that feare God, rather to suffer any afflictions at the hands of men, than to submit to mans carnall policy and humane devices in the worship of God, or be deprived of the sweet fellowship of the saints in the right order of the Gospel. Together with a just reproofe of the over-strained and excessive separation, contentions and divisions of such as commonly are called Brownists. By Robert Coachman.

London Printed by R. Oulton and G. Dexter, and are to be sold at the Stationers 1642.

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Front matter
Title page
To the readerA FORE-SPEECH To the READER.
Qualifications and definitionsAn Advertiſement to the Reader.
Table of contentsThe CONTENTS of the BOOKE.
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SectionOf the eſſentiall marks and notes of the viſible Church.

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SectionIt is no wrong to Gods people, when the carnall multitude is taxed, and they perſwaded to leave them.
SectionIt is beſt for wicked men to be kept from the comforts of ſalvation, untill they repent.
SectionIt is in vaine to ſeeke the reformation of a Church, when the materialls are naught.
SectionIt is a matter of great weight and neceſſity, for Chriſtians to live in a right ordered Church.
SectionThe reformed Churches are not condemned, but admoniſhed by this ſtrict practice.
SectionThe prohibition of the Magiſtrate, though he be a Chriſtian, may not hinder our obedience to the Goſpel.
SectionMoſes example in building the Tabernacle, was no ordinary rule for after times.
SectionThe examples of the Kings of Iſrael and Judah, in reſtoring Gods Worſhip, doe not bind to any faſhions in…
SectionA Compariſon of the patterne of Chriſts Church with the Church of England.
SectionA proportionable application of the Iewes State, unto our times.
SectionThe ſubmiſſion of the Jewes to the Heathen Kings about building the Temple, is no imitable practice about…
SectionThe only way to eſtabliſh the Goſpel and the pure Ordinances thereof is to ſuffer perſecution for it.
SectionThe time of ſuffering is now come.
SectionOther motives to perſwadeus to ſuffering.
SectionIt is no ſtrange thing for Chriſtians to be perſecuted of Chriſtians.
SectionThe ſcandalls in the ſeparated Churches, is no argument to condemne their practice.
Part 2THE SECOND PART OF THE TREATISE; WHEREIN THE TWO MAINE FAILINGS OF the Rigid Seperation are reproved, and…
SectionThe rigid Separationo verrun their courſe in their firſt onſet.
SectionThe generall Objection againſt hearing in the Pariſh aſſemblies anſwered.
SectionWhat Preaching is, and who may preach; as alſo where, and to whom.
SectionOf the libertie that the Word of God ought to have.
SectionThe particular objections againſt hearing in the pariſh aſſemblies anſwered.
SectionOther objections againſt hearing anſwered.
SectionThey that goe about to juſtifie the Miniſters in England in their Office, drive men from the Church…
SectionThe ſtrict ſeparation cannot hold together amongst themſelves.
SectionThere are ſome ſinnes that muſt be borne in the Church.
SectionWhat kind of ſinnes and ſinners they be that may be borne in the Church.
SectionThree cautions concluding the Doctrine of forbearance.
SectionThe Concluſion and Summe of all.

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